162 SYLVIA, 



Foreliead and crown pale bluish grey ; back, rump and upper tail- 

 coverts isabelline fawn, or pale sandy brown; chin, throat and under 

 surface white ; 2ud primary equal to the seventh, in some intermediate 

 between 7th and 8th; wing 2-3 to 2-45. 



Ilab. — Sind, Beloochistan, Afghanistan, Punjab, N. W. Provinces, 

 Rajputana, Kutch and Guzerat. 



Sylvia alttiea, Hume, Str. F. vii. p. 60 ; Seehohm, Gat. B. Br. 

 Mus. vol. V. p. 20; Sylvia affinis, aimd. Jerd. B. Ind. vol. ii. p. 209; 

 apud.Legge.B.Geylon,Tp. 538. — The Himalayan Lessee "White-Theoat. 



Upper surface dai'kish grey, slightly tinged with brown on the back. 

 Under surface white ; 2nd primai'y intermediate in length betvyeen, or 

 equal to 6th and 7th, or /th and 8th; wing 2'7 to 2"8; culmen 0*56 

 to 0-51 ; tarsus 0-8 to 0-75. 



Mab. — -Sind, Punjab, N. W. Provinces, Oudh, Deesa, Concan and 

 Deccan. A winter visitant. 



Sylvia cinerea, Bechst. Om. Tasclwnh. i. p. 1 70 ; Tem. Man. 

 d'Orn. p. 112; Gray, Gen. B.i. p. 174; Heugl. Grn. N. 0. Afr. i. p. 307; 

 Blf. Geol. and Zoul. Ahyss. p. 379; Shelley, B. Egypt, p. 111. Curruca 

 cinerea {Bechst.) Gould. B. Eur. ii. pi. 125. Sylvia rufa,(i?oc?cZ.) PI. B, 

 p. 35 ; apud. Newt. ed. Yarr. B. Bur. pt. 1 ; Hume, Str. F. iii. 488 ; 

 Murray, Hdhk., ZooL, Sj-c, Sind, p. 163. — The European White-Theoat. 



"Male. — Over the eye is a streak of yellowish white. Head on the 

 crown slate grey with a tinge of brown ; neck on the sides pale brown- 

 ish grey ; on the back and nape, lighter greyish brown than the head ; 

 chin and throat silvery white, the latter has the feathers somewhat 

 puffed out as when it is inflated in singing; breast above pale dull 

 white, tinged with rose colour, and on the sides shaded off to yellowish 

 white, and into greyish white below ; back reddish brown, but tinged 

 with olive on its lower part. The wings extend to within an inch and 

 a half of the end of the tail. Expanse 8^ inches. The first primary 

 extremely short ; the 2nd and 3rd of equal length and the longest ; 

 edge of outer quill white; underneath grey; greater and lesser wing- 

 coverts reddish brown -, primaries pale brown, narrowly edged with 

 chestnut ; the secondaries and tertiaries also pale brown, broadly edged 

 with brighter chestnut than the former ; tail somewhat rounded and 

 graduated and brown; middle feathers margined lighter; outer feather 

 on each side dull white over the greater portion or the whole of outer 

 web, and often a poi'tion of the inner ; next two feathers tipped with 

 the same. Tail underneath grey ; upper tail-coverts inclining to olive 

 brown ; under tail-coverts pale brownish white, with a tinge of faint 

 rose red ; leg pale rusty brown ; toes darker with more of an olive 

 tinge ; claws dusky brown. 



" Length.— 5^ to 6 inches, bill bluish brown, base of under mandible 

 yellowish brown, and the corners of the mouth yellowish green. Iris 

 brownish yellow. A winter visitant." — Morris, Br. Bird, vol. iii. p. 227. 

 iTai.— Europe, extending to Persia, Siberia and Turkistan; Sind, 

 Punjab, N. W. Provinces, Bengal, Gruzerat, Western, Central and 

 Southern Africa. 



